146 CXLIT. MONIMIACE^. [Atheros2ierm€i£ . 



sub-2-seriata, interiora glandiiliformia. Ovarii carpella go, glabra, in styluni pilosum desi- 

 nentia ; ovulum ex apice lociili penduhim, orthotropum ? Perianthium fructifemni 

 angusto tubulosmn, Carpella pauca, inclusaj angusta, stylis longis plumosis dcmnm 

 exsertis. Pericarpiuin tenue, semini adnatuin ; albumen copiosnm ; embryonem in 

 seminibus vix mahiris non deteximus. — Arbor. Folia opposita, petiolata, serrata v. 

 rarius integerrima. Flores parvi, in cymas v. paniculas thyrsoideaa axillares dispositi. 

 Bractese parA'aa^ caducissimBe. 



Species nobis nuta 1, Australiensis. Tid. in Archlv. Mics. Par. viii. L 31 {AiJicrospcrijia) alteram 

 addidit F. Muell. Fragm, Vhyt. Auslral. x. 105, a nobis non visam. Genus LaMreli<s pluribus notis 

 affine, differt tamen staminibus, et ovulum in fioribus plxu^imis e variis speciminibus iterum iterumque 

 examinatis semper pendulum invenimus, nee a basi erectum ut in omnibus ca-teris Athcrospcrmeis. 



Ordo CXLIII. I-AURINEJE. 



Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 535. Endl. Gen. 315. Nees, Laurin. Expositio, Vratislavise, 1833; Syst. 

 Laurinearam, Berolini, 1836. Baill. Hist. PI. ii. 429. Cassythacfjk, Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 538. 

 Hernandiace^, Endl. Gen. 332. Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 531, sub Tliymelasiceis. , 



i^ore^ hemiaphroditi v. aboi*tu polygami v. dioici, regulares. Pcrlanthium inforum v. 

 rarins ovario adnato subsuperum, tubo brevi nunc brevissimo, patente campanalato 

 ovoideo v. rarius oblongo, post anthesin immutato v. varie aucto ; limbi segmenta ad 

 nonnam 6 v. rarius 4 (in Icosandra 10 ]) duplici serie imbricata v. rarius in quaque serie 

 subvalvata, inter se similia parva herbacea v. petaloidea et sequalia, v. exteriora minora v. 

 rarius pauUo majora^ rarissime bine inde abortiva v. numero aucta. Stamina v. stami- 

 nodia ad normam numero segmentorum duplo plura iisque opposita, in ordines 4 v. series 

 2 disposita ad apicem tubi v. infra segmenta disco staminifero tubo adnato affixa, ordinis 

 primi segmentis exterioribus ordinisque secundi segmentis interioribus opposita seriem 

 exteriorem formantia, ordinis tertii primis et ordinis quarti secundis opposita seriem interi- 

 orem efficientia ; in sjieciebus paucis numerus staminum auotusv. liinc inde abortu reductus, 

 V. stamina ordinis unius alteriusve (ordinis quarti stepissime) ad staminodia reducta ; 

 filamenta libera, sf^epius plus mimis complanata, brevia brevissima v. antlieris paullo 

 rarius duplo longiora, ordinis tertii et quarti duni adsint basi v. prope basin utrinquo 

 glandula magna globosa v. capitata sessili v. stipitata aucta, seriei exterioris nuda v. 

 rarissime pariter 2-glandulosa. AntJierce erectse, cum filamento continupe, complanat^o v. 

 rarius obovoidepe, seriei exterioris facie interiore locellis 2 v. 4 srepius conncctivo crassius- 

 culb immersis prieditie, valvulis tot quot locella a basi ad apicem deliiscentes ; ordinis 

 tertii in generibus pluribus reversae. Ovarium in fundo periantliii sessile, per antliesin 

 (excepta Heiifiandia) liberum, in generibus paucis post anthesin tubo accretum quasi 

 inferum, uniloculare et verisimiliter e carpello imico constans. Stylus terminalis, brevis, 

 brevissimus v. ovario paullo longior, simplex, interdum leviter obliquus v. incurvus; 

 stigma nunc parvum obtusum, nunc plus minus in laminam recurvam v. discum integrum 

 V. irrcgulariter lobatum dilatatum. Ov^dum 1 (addito rarius secundo mox abortivo), 

 apici loculi latcraliter affixum, pendulum, anatropum. Fructus baccatus caniosus v. rarius 

 drupaceus v. siccus, indeliiacens, perianthio dcciduo nudus, v. periaiitliio toto v. partim 

 peraistente immutato v. varie aucto disciformi v. cupulato impositus v. basi cinctus, v. 

 perianthii tubo apice clauso omnino inclusus, intra quem liber v. cum eo arctc concretus 

 quasi inferus, pedicello fructifero interdum incrassato. jSfcmen pendulum, cxalbuminosum ; 

 testa membranacea stepius pericarpio adnata v. maturitate omnino evanida, rarius inter 

 cotyledones intrusa dissepimentum spurium mentiens. Embryo rectus ; cotyledones 



